I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.

I learned again that the mind-body-spirit connection has to be in balance.

I am proud that I am a good mother to my children, a good daughter to my mother, a good sister to my sis (Ashley Judd) and a good wife to my new husband.

In my darkest hours I had a choice to make. I could be a victim or a victor.

I am grateful for all the military families that I've met. I wanted to spread hope and cheer to all; little did I know that they would be the ones to change my life the way they have!

There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.

I am a fan of today's sound as long as we don't get too slick, and yet I am very reverent of my roots.